Germany arrests suspected Hamas member over alleged attack plot

German police have arrested a Lebanese national on suspicion of being a member of Hamas and planning attacks in Europe.

The man, named as “Mohammad S”, was stopped at Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport after arriving from Beirut on Friday evening.

Federal prosecutors said that in August 2025 he helped procure 300 rounds of ammunition and was involved in an alleged plot to attack Jewish and Israeli institutions.

He is due to be brought before a federal judge who will decide on a pretrial detention.

Hamas, which controlled Gaza but has been severely weakened by Israeli operations in the territory, is considered a terrorist organisation by the US, UK, Israel and many other countries.

The militant Palestinian group carried out the attacks on Israel in October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 people taken hostage.

Since then, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military action.

German authorities say “Mohammad S” colluded with “Abed Al G”, one of three alleged Hamas members arrested last October over planned attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions.

The three were reportedly arrested while meeting for a weapons handover in Berlin. Two of them are Germany nationals, another is from Lebanon.

Around the time of the arrests, police searches also took place in the German cities of Leipzig and Oberhausen, Der Spiegel reported.

Separately, in November, German authorities arrested another suspected member of Hamas – also a Lebanese national – near the border with the Czech Republic.